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Old 10-08-2019, 08:27 PM
 
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United Nations could run out of money in a few weeks, Secretary General warns

The United Nations is running a deficit of $230 million, Secretary General Antonio Guterres said on Monday, and may run out of money by the end of October. In a letter intended for the 37,000 employees at the UN secretariat and obtained by CBS News' Pamela Falk, Guterres said unspecified "additional stop-gap measures" would have to be taken to ensure salaries and entitlements are paid.

"Member States have paid only 70 percent of the total amount needed for our regular budget operations in 2019. This translates into a cash shortage of $230 million at the end of September. We run the risk of depleting our backup liquidity reserves by the end of the month," he wrote.

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Guterres had asked member states earlier this year to up contributions to the world body to head off cash flow problems, but they refused, a UN official told French news agency AFP on condition of anonymity.


What a shame...
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Old 10-08-2019, 08:28 PM
 
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Hell with them.
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Old 10-08-2019, 08:29 PM
 
Location: Santa Monica
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Socialism not backed by a gun only goes so far. That's what makes socialist America so great: the guns to our collective heads. She'll never go broke!

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Old 10-08-2019, 09:10 PM
 
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What the hell does the UN do that requires 37,000 employees?
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Old 10-08-2019, 09:21 PM
 
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What the hell does the UN do that requires 37,000 employees?
Without full funding, nothing. With full funding, they will stop the seas from rising.
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Old 10-08-2019, 09:40 PM
 
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The un should be moved out the usa a long time ago!!
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Old 10-09-2019, 12:43 AM
 
Location: Phoenix
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United Nations could run out of money in a few weeks, Secretary General warns

The United Nations is running a deficit of $230 million, Secretary General Antonio Guterres said on Monday, and may run out of money by the end of October. In a letter intended for the 37,000 employees at the UN secretariat and obtained by CBS News' Pamela Falk, Guterres said unspecified "additional stop-gap measures" would have to be taken to ensure salaries and entitlements are paid.

"Member States have paid only 70 percent of the total amount needed for our regular budget operations in 2019. This translates into a cash shortage of $230 million at the end of September. We run the risk of depleting our backup liquidity reserves by the end of the month," he wrote.

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Guterres had asked member states earlier this year to up contributions to the world body to head off cash flow problems, but they refused, a UN official told French news agency AFP on condition of anonymity.


What a shame...
We shouldn't give them a penny because they are worse than useless.
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Old 10-09-2019, 07:11 AM
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Location: Great Britain
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Perhaps the should sell off some of those massive buildings they own in New York, Geneva, Vienna and Kenya.

Just another wasreful organisation full of people claiming vast exenses and pensions, and leeching off the world's taxpayers.
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Old 10-09-2019, 07:58 AM
 
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United Nations could run out of money in a few weeks, Secretary General warns

The United Nations is running a deficit of $230 million, Secretary General Antonio Guterres said on Monday, and may run out of money by the end of October. In a letter intended for the 37,000 employees at the UN secretariat and obtained by CBS News' Pamela Falk, Guterres said unspecified "additional stop-gap measures" would have to be taken to ensure salaries and entitlements are paid.

"Member States have paid only 70 percent of the total amount needed for our regular budget operations in 2019. This translates into a cash shortage of $230 million at the end of September. We run the risk of depleting our backup liquidity reserves by the end of the month," he wrote.

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Guterres had asked member states earlier this year to up contributions to the world body to head off cash flow problems, but they refused, a UN official told French news agency AFP on condition of anonymity.


What a shame...
LOL....let it run into bankruptcy and then bulldoze that worthless institution of misguided globalists that hate the USA.
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Old 10-10-2019, 08:40 AM
 
Location: Seacoast NH
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Maybe now would be the time to hit them with the huge bill they owe for parking violations, etc. Maybe that would speed up their demise.
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